Hidaka main line

Hidaka main line
Coastal landscape on the Hidaka Line
Route length:	146.5 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )
Maximum slope :	25  ‰
Top speed:	95 km / h
Dual track :	No
Society:	JR Hokkaidō
Legend ↑ Main Muroran Line 1892– 0.0 Tomakomai ( 苫 小 牧 ) 1892– old route 1913-1962 0.4 Tomakomai freight yard 1987– Tomakomai port railway 1968-2001 → Main Muroran line 1892– 13.1 Yūfutsu ( 勇 払 ) 1962– Yūfutsu 1913-1962 Abira-gawa Atsuma-gawa 22.7 Hama-Atsuma ( 浜 厚 真 ) 1913– 27.0 Hama-Taura ( 浜 田 浦 ) 1959– 30.5 Mukawa ( 鵡 川 ) 1913– → Tomiuchi line 1943-1986 Dodge Mukawa 1913-1927 Mukawa 34.5 Shiomi ( 汐 見 ) 1959– Fuihappu-hama ( フ イ ハ ッ プ 浜 ) 1989-1993 43.6 Tomikawa ( 富川 ) 1913– → Saru train 1922-1951 Saru-gawa 51.3 Hidaka-Mombetsu ( 日 高 門 別 ) 1924– Hidakamombetsu-gawa Hae-gawa 56.3 Toyosato ( 豊 郷 ) 1924– Kenomai-gawa 61.1 Kiyohata ( 清 畠 ) 1924– Kabari-gawa 65.6 Atsuga ( 厚 賀 ) 1924– Atsubetsu-kawa 71.1 Ōkaribe ( 大 狩 部 ) 1958– 73.1 Seppu ( 節婦 ) 1926– 77.2 Niikappu ( 新 冠 ) 1926– 82.1 Shizunai ( 静 内 ) 1926– Shizunai-gawa Shizunai-kaisuiyokujō ( 静 内 海水 浴場 ) 1991-1992 90.9 Higashi-Shizunai ( 東 静 内 ) 1933– (4 tunnels) 97.0 Harutachi ( 春 立 ) 1933– 99.4 Hidaka-tōbetsu ( 日 高 東 別 ) 1933– 105.8 Hidaka-Mitsuishi ( 日 高三 石 ) 1933– 109.8 Hōei ( 蓬 栄 ) 1958– 113.0 Honkiri ( 本 桐 ) 1935– 120.2 Ogifushi ( 荻 伏 ) 1935– Motoura-gawa 125.1 Efue ( 絵 笛 ) 1958– 130.3 Urakawa ( 浦 河 ) 1958– 132.4 Higashichō ( 東 町 ) 1977– 136.9 Hidaka-horobetsu ( 日 高 幌 別 ) 1937– Hidaka-horobetsu-gawa 141.1 Utoma ( 鵜 苫 ) 1937– 143.6 Nishi-Samani ( 西 様 似 ) 1937– 146.5 Samani ( 様 似 ) 1937– Section currently suspended due to impassability.

The Hidaka Main Line ( Japanese 日 高 本 線 , Hidaka-honsen ) is a railway line on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō , which is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). It leads from Tomakomai in a south-easterly direction to Samani .

description

The route laid in Cape Gauge (1067 mm) is 146.5 km long. It begins at Tomakomai station , where it is connected to the Muroran main line. The route is identical for the first seven kilometers; In this area there is a freight yard operated by JR Freight . The Hidaka main line then follows the narrow coastal strip between the Pacific Ocean and the elongated Hidaka Mountains to Samani train station . The entire route (with the exception of the section shared with the Muroran main line) is single-track and not electrified. A total of 29 train stations and stops are served in passenger traffic.

Trains

Eight pairs of trains run daily between Tomakomai and Mukawa in regional traffic . Diesel multiple units of the type KiHa 40 are used in one-man operation. The section southeast of Mukawa has not been passable since January 8, 2015 due to storm damage; instead buses run as replacement rail services .

history

The paper company Ōji Seishi chose the city of Tomakomai as the location for a paper mill . In order to be able to supply the plant with wood, the company built a small train to Tomikawa , the Tomakomai Keibentetsudō ( 苫 小 牧 軽 便 鉄 道 ). The line, opened on October 1, 1913, had a track width of 762 mm. Another railway company founded by Ōji Seishi, the Hidaka Takushoku Tetsudō ( 日 高 拓殖 鉄 道 ), extended the route in two stages. The section to Atsuga, also built in 762 mm narrow gauge, was opened on September 6, 1924. Finally, on December 7, 1926, the section from Atsuga to Shizunai followed.

Both railway companies were nationalized on October 1, 1927 and the entire route between Tomakomai and Shizunai was named Hidaka Line ( 日 高 線 , Hidaka-sen ). Which is now responsible Ministry of Railways took over the following years a Umspurung in the usual Cape gauge (1,067 mm) front: On November 26, 1929 to Tomikawa and 10 November 1931 to Shizunai. According to project 133 contained in the appendix to the revised Railway Construction Act of 1922, the line was to continue via Samani and Cape Erimo to Hiroo , where it would meet the Hiroo line to Obihiro , which was opened in 1929 .

However, the project could only be partially realized. The ministry first opened the section from Shizunai to Hidaka-Mitsushi on December 15, 1933. From October 24, 1935, the route continued to Urakawa. Finally it reached the Samani terminus on August 10, 1937, while the construction to Hiroo was not carried out. Since 1943, the line has been called the Hidaka Main Line, because of the opening of the Tomiuchi Line branching off in Mukawa (in operation until 1986). From 1959 to 1986 the Japanese State Railways offered express trains between Sapporo and Samani. Due to the construction of a harbor basin, the Hidaka main line was changed on December 1, 1962 between Tomakomai and Yūfutsu. In the course of the privatization of the state railway, the line went into the possession of the new company JR Hokkaido on April 1, 1987 .

On January 8, 2015, strong tidal waves washed under the track bed between Atsuga and Ōkaribe, making the line impassable. Since then, the trains have only run between Tomakomai and Mukawa. At the end of April 2015, JR Hokkaido announced the repair and inspection of all bank structures along the route. But on September 12, 2015, a typhoon between Toyosato and Kiyohata and between Atsuga and Ōkaribe caused further severe damage. It is uncertain when and whether the entire length of the route will be passable again: In November 2016, JR Hokkaido announced an extensive rationalization program that will affect the entire Hidaka main line, among other things. The railway company wants to persuade the neighboring communities to bear part of the operating and maintenance costs. Should no agreement be reached by 2019, shutdown would also be conceivable.

List of train stations

Surname	km	Connecting lines	location	place
Tomakomai ( 苫 小 牧 )	000.0	Muroran main line	Coord.	Tomakomai
Yūfutsu ( 勇 払 )	013.1		Coord.
Hama-Atsuma ( 浜 厚 真 )	022.7		Coord.	Atsuma
Hama-Taura ( 浜 田 浦 )	027.0		Coord.	Mukawa
Mukawa ( 鵡 川 )	030.5		Coord.
Shiomi ( 汐 見 )	034.5		Coord.
Tomikawa ( 富川 )	043.6		Coord.	Hidaka
Hidaka-Mombetsu ( 日 高 門 別 )	051.3		Coord.
Toyosato ( 豊 郷 )	056.3		Coord.
Kiyohata ( 清 畠 )	061.1		Coord.
Atsuga ( 厚 賀 )	065.6		Coord.
Ōkaribe ( 大 狩 部 )	071.1		Coord.	Niikappu
Seppu ( 節婦 )	073.1		Coord.
Niikappu ( 新 冠 )	077.2		Coord.
Shizunai ( 静 内 )	082.1		Coord.	Shinhidaka
Higashi-Shizunai ( 東 静 内 )	090.9		Coord.
Harutachi ( 春 立 )	097.0		Coord.
Hidaka-Tōbetsu ( 日 高 東 別 )	099.4		Coord.
Hidaka-Mitsuishi ( 日 高三 石 )	105.8		Coord.
Hōei ( 蓬 栄 )	109.8		Coord.
Honkiri ( 本 桐 )	113.0		Coord.
Ogifushi ( 荻 伏 )	120.2		Coord.	Urakawa
Efue ( 絵 笛 )	125.1		Coord.
Urakawa ( 浦 河 )	130.3		Coord.
Higashichō ( 東 町 )	132.4		Coord.
Hidaka-Horobetsu ( 日 高 幌 別 )	136.9		Coord.
Utoma ( 鵜 苫 )	141.1		Coord.	Samani
Nishi-Samani ( 西 様 似 )	143.6		Coord.
Samani ( 様 似 )	146.5		Coord.

Web links

Commons : Hidaka main line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Kazuo Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道 (Hokkaidō's railroad in photos) . tape 1 . Hokkaidō Shinbunsha, Sapporo 2002, ISBN 978-4-89453-220-5 , pp. 148-149 .
2. ↑ 日 高 線 厚 賀 ～ 大 狩 部 間 67k506m 付 近 に お け る 盛 土 流出 に つ い て. (PDF, 1.7 MB) JR Hokkaido, January 13, 2015, accessed August 1, 2016 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ 台風 １７ 号 の 影響 に 伴 う 日 高 線 の 波浪 災害 に つ い て. (PDF, 173 kB) JR Hokkaido, September 14, 2015, accessed August 1, 2016 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ JR Hokkaido says it can't maintain half of its railways. The Japan Times , November 19, 2016, accessed January 16, 2017 . 

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